Stereogum — The chiming, upbeat psychedelia of “Natural Selection,” UNKLE’s collaboration with onetime BTW Black Angels, contrasts with “Caged Bird,” an especially sinister Where Did The Night Fall track. Celebration’s Katrina Ford ably handles the v... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Baltimore's Future Islands killed it in 2008 with Wave Like Home and they're killing it again in twenty-ten with In Evening Air. Here's the album's first single, "Tin Man," with a special shout out to all the heartless, painted-faced, lovesick fools... more info

Stereogum — Future Islands’ In Evening Air is a great album that’s unexpectedly become something I listen to almost once daily. (Actually, maybe me liking smart, shaggy, sorta dark DIY new wave isn’t unexpected.) At the end of March I posted “In The Fall... more info

DrownedInSound — Hmmmm. We did mention overload when we ran that HEALTH video earlier yesterday, but since our back-end was totally ruined all of Monday we've had little else to do other than dunk biscuits into ever-increasing cups of tea and b) watch plenty of music... more info

Pitchfork - TV — — Footage of beach houses, costumed strangers, and live shows make up this video from the Baltimore new-wavers. Director: Jay Buim. more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Shots of salamanders, beach houses, and unsafe fireworks-related activities are alongside performance footage in this video for Baltimore post-punk trio Future Islands' "Tin Man". The track is taken from their Thrill Jockey debut, In Evening Air, out... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Chicago label Thrill Jockey are just doing so much amazing stuff right now I think it's only fair to give them their own post. First up Lazer Crystal. You want the nonsense bio or the real one? Well, they're "a musical node comprised of three humans... more info

Stereogum — This four-song In The Fall 12″ is a great warm-up for synthesized North Carolina-to-Baltimore “post wave” trio Future Islands super second album In Evening Air. They’re like seasoned, salty ’80s UK veterans though they formed in Greenville,... more info

Pasta Primavera — You might have seen a blurb or two about Baltimore’s Future Islands on this blog, but I don’t I’ve ever gone in depth and REALLY talked about them.  Well here I go… Future Islands is (now) a trio comprised of synth/sound creator Gerrit Wel... more info

Pitchfork — Last year, Chicago label Thrill Jockey tried their hand at a time-honored indie tradition, the singles club. This year, they're doing it all over again. The second Thrill Jockey 12" Singles Club will include seven new slabs of wax from seven differen... more info